War and Industry: A Study of the Industrial Relations in the Mining Regions of South Wales and the Ruhr During the Great War, 1914-1918

British Business History: A Review of the Periodical Literature for 2003

“…This study demonstrated important contrasts in the pattern of industrial relations which emerged in these two regions: in South Wales, coalowners were virtually excluded from industrial relations, whereas in Germany the opposite applied. 56 Two other articles were concerned with government intervention, especially the operation of the Conditions of Employment and National Arbitration Order (Order 1305) which came into effect in July 1940 and gave the state the authority to compel parties engaged in a labour dispute to enter into arbitration. Jaffe argued that there were a number of serious weaknesses in this arbitration order which meant the 'compulsory' provisions of this Order were largely a mirage.…”

Review of periodical literature published in 2003

“…He argues that the success of the permanent relief movement depended upon employer‐employee collaboration which has not had the attention—or respect—that it deserves from labour historians. James provides a comparative analysis of the development of industrial relations in the mining regions of South Wales and the Ruhr during the First World War. The key result that emerges from James's article is that the different pattern of union and industrial development in each region before 1914 generated very different industrial relations during the war.…”